Favorite Butters?

Mango or cocoa might work :-D

I've only used shea on its own, though I've used commercial products that contain other butters. I've heard good things about the two that rebelrocks mentions, as well as avocado butter.

tell me more of this mango butter! I keep hearing good things
I'd also like to learn more about hemp seed or hemp butter?

I don't think my hair likes shea butter either. (You're not supposed to feel a product when you touch your hair, are you?) I REALLY want to try mango butter. I was in the BSS yesterday and saw the Elasta QP Mango Butter, but didn't get it. I'd kinda like to try just straight mango butter. But then again, I may go back today at get the Elasta QP...

traveljunkie08 wrote:I don't think my hair likes shea butter either. (You're not supposed to feel a product when you touch your hair, are you?) I REALLY want to try mango butter. I was in the BSS yesterday and saw the Elasta QP Mango Butter, but didn't get it. I'd kinda like to try just straight mango butter. But then again, I may go back today at get the Elasta QP...

The QP mango butter is ok. I'm not a fan of the ingredients...I've used it once and it smells really yummy but other than that..i wasn't WOWed.

@rebelrocks: Have you tried pure mango butter? I wonder if it's lighter than shea.

Avocado butter mixed with castor oil... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] . It just slides through my hair like a knife through butter!

traveljunkie08 wrote:@rebelrocks: Have you tried pure mango butter? I wonder if it's lighter than shea.

I'm a shea girl...haven't tried it

I've heard good things about Texas Natural Supply, though I haven't ordered from them yet. If you search the texture playground blog, you'll get a lot of feedback about the site.

I also would like to try other butters. I love the smell of mango so that would probably be the first one I tried. My shea butter man left me so now I have no local place to get reasonable shea butter. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I mixed Nubian Heritage mango butter w/ shea and vit e with coconut oil and my ends are soft and fluffy. Not to mention how good my hair smells. Both were ordered from iHerb.com, using the discount code.

Looking to order more, the mango was only a 4oz.

I've only tried shea butter, but I am interested in mango butter. Has anyone tried it??

NaturalNurse04 wrote:

Just interested in knowing what type of butters you ladies are using. My hair doesn't particularly care for Shea Butter, so I'm looking for other options. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!

how did you try to use the shea butter?

NaturalNurse04 wrote:@ dajewel: I have tried it to seal dry hair, I have tried it to do twists and braids on wet and dry hair and it always seems to just lay on top of my hair no matter how much or how little I put in. I'm just not sure it likes my hair!

what were you shampooing/ co-washing with?

Shea....I hate to think what my hair was like before I incorporated shea butter into my regime....

For those of you that uses shea butter...how are you applying it to your hair? Did you mix the shea with any thing else. I love the shea on my skin but I use it only at night because i'm not crazy about the scent. I wanna try it in my hair but I couldn't take the scent all day.

mslady wrote:For those of you that uses shea butter...how are you applying it to your hair? Did you mix the shea with any thing else. I love the shea on my skin but I use it only at night because i'm not crazy about the scent. I wanna try it in my hair but I couldn't take the scent all day.

I mix mine w/ EVOO, coconut oil, castor oil, and sometime aloe vera gel (if I want it extra creamy). I then to blend it well with my oils and the apply on damp hair. keeps my hair moisturized for days...I even use it on my skin.

the mango butter is on my list too, is it the same consistency of shea?

Darcy's botanicals has lots of moisturizers in butter form. I just got the madagascar vanilla styling cream( even tho its more of a butter than a cream) Its thick and a little goes a long way... here's the link
http://darcysbotanicals.com/natural-hair-collection

Have you tried CD healthy hair butter? Also, my hair doesn't do well with raw shea butter but I have this other shea butter mixed with some apricot something or another from a hair show and it smells great and is a tad creamer which makes all the difference to my hair... I always think I'm doing something wrong when I put raw shea butter on my hair because I can feel it! or it just doesn't feel right...